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 People that make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on 
the railroad tracks.  
 People that make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on 
the railroad tracks. 
A college joke to cure the dumps.
A college joke to cure the dumps.
 Less at thine own things laugh; lest in the jest
 Thy person share, and the conceit advance,
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 Less at thine own things laugh; lest in the jest
 Thy person share, and the conceit advance,
  Make not thy sport abuses: for the fly
   That feeds on dung is colored thereby. 
 A jester, a bad character.
 [Fr., Diseur de bon mots, mauvais caractere.]  
 A jester, a bad character.
 [Fr., Diseur de bon mots, mauvais caractere.] 
 (Andrew:) I am not such an ass but I can keep my hand dry. But 
what's your jest?
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 (Andrew:) I am not such an ass but I can keep my hand dry. But 
what's your jest?
 (Maria:) A dry jest, sir.
  (Andrew:) Are you full of them?
   (Maria:) Ay, sir, I have them at my fingers' ends. Marry, now I 
let go your hand, I am barren. 
 Joking set aside.
 [Lat., Omissis jocis.]  
 Joking set aside.
 [Lat., Omissis jocis.] 
A joke's a very serious thing.
A joke's a very serious thing.
 A jest's prosperity lies in the ear
 Of him that hears it, never in the tongue
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 A jest's prosperity lies in the ear
 Of him that hears it, never in the tongue
  Of him that makes it. 
 A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a 
pocket.  
 A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a 
pocket.